and right now, the obama team, secretary clinton coming out of afghanistan, that's probably the only option we're playing out. it may end badly but it's hard to imagine he wants to run and maybe win and have to be forward in his policy on afghanistan. >> as you say, series of bad choices lie ahead. there's a point of excerpts released from mitt romney's address saying almost every -- every policy calling for tough sanctions on iran and withdrawal and two-state solution of the israelis and palestinians and going after the terrorists in libya, has been pursued by the obama administration. what are the big differences that can be provided today? >> absolutely nothing. in fact, as i read the excerpts of the speech, to me it was like where's the beef? there's no beef there in this message. in fact, there are people who wrote -- wrote on "the new york times" op-ed page, a republican foreign policy operative said there's no foreign policy policy in the speech today. it's a series of trying to use rhetoric to create differences that do not exist. the president has made a major effort on pale